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Inception - Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Nolan

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Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime.

But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Film action science fiction crime future dream reality security romance thriller secret subconscious

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Leonardo DiCaprio .... Cobb
Joseph Gordon-Levitt .... Arthur
Ellen Page .... Ariadne
Tom Hardy .... Eames
Ken Watanabe .... Saito
Dileep Rao .... Yusuf
Cillian Murphy .... Robert Fischer Jr
Tom Berenger .... Browning
Marion Cotillard .... Mal
Pete Postlethwaite .... Maurice Fischer
Michael Caine .... Miles
Lukas Haas .... Nash
Tai-Li Lee .... Tadashi
Claire Geare .... Phillipa (3 years)
Magnus Nolan .... James (20 months)
Taylor Geare .... Phillipa (5 years)
Johnathan Geare .... James (3 years)
Christopher Nolan .... Screenwriter
Christopher Nolan .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Golden Globes, USA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) 2011: Nominated: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director - Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan), Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan), Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Hans Zimmer)

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Theatrical report

Inception is big. Some of that is because I saw it at IMAX (do they really have to shout it?) and some is because it has special effects coming out the wazoo and some is because it's a bit of a mind-fuck. Who hasn't had a dream where they wake up only to find that they're still dreaming? It's no surprise given that our subconscious processes everything we've experienced but it still gives you a cool trip. It's like déjà vu only you don't have to travel.

This film owes a lot to other movies, like Brainstorm (in which it became possible to record people's memories and experience them for yourself), Minority report (in which a hero is hoist on his own futuristic petard), The time-traveller's wife (in which a husband and wife are separated by science fiction) and even Ocean's Eleven (in which a man concocts a many-layered plan to get what he wants) but it's original enough that you can enjoy the references as "homages" rather than "copies".

Leonardo DiCaprio is good but looks far too young to have journeyed through the seven hells that have beset his character. Joseph Gordon-Levitt also looks too young to be as experienced as his character. This is always a danger with pretty men.

Inception is a film that blokes can enjoy for the action and chicks can enjoy for the romance. Which are you?

The action, science fiction movie Inception is directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.